DFH vs. MTH, TMHC, KBH, TPH, MHO, CCS, GRBK, LGIH, HOV, and BZH
Should you be buying Dream Finders Homes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dream Finders Homes include Meritage Homes (MTH), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), KB Home (KBH), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), M/I Homes (MHO), Century Communities (CCS), Green Brick Partners (GRBK), LGI Homes (LGIH), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), and Beazer Homes USA (BZH). These companies are all part of the "operative builders" industry.
Dream Finders Homes (NASDAQ:DFH) and Meritage Homes (NYSE:MTH) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Dream Finders Homes has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meritage Homes has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Meritage Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Dream Finders Homes. Meritage Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dream Finders Homes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.6% of Dream Finders Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Meritage Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.5% of Dream Finders Homes shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Meritage Homes shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Meritage Homes had 6 more articles in the media than Dream Finders Homes. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Meritage Homes and 2 mentions for Dream Finders Homes. Meritage Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Dream Finders Homes' score of 0.83 indicating that Meritage Homes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Meritage Homes received 425 more outperform votes than Dream Finders Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.33% of users gave Meritage Homes an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Dream Finders Homes an outperform vote.
Dream Finders Homes presently has a consensus target price of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.44%. Meritage Homes has a consensus target price of $178.25, indicating a potential upside of 1.08%. Given Dream Finders Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dream Finders Homes is more favorable than Meritage Homes.
Meritage Homes has a net margin of 12.54% compared to Dream Finders Homes' net margin of 7.91%. Dream Finders Homes' return on equity of 34.31% beat Meritage Homes' return on equity.
Summary
Meritage Homes beats Dream Finders Homes on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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